Morph Dialog
A card that grows into a dialog: the shell, artwork and title morph between the two, then fold back on close.
- Category: Overlays
- Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
- Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
- Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge
Examples
Morph Dialog
API reference
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
title | string | — | |
subtitle | string | — | |
media | ReactNode | — | Shared artwork. |
children | ReactNode | — | Revealed when open. |
About Morph Dialog
Morph Dialog grows a card into a dialog: the shell, artwork and title morph between the two and fold back on close. It is the shared-element transition people remember.
Morph Dialog is an overlay component for React 19, styled with Tailwind CSS 4 and animated with Motion. It drops into Next.js, Vite, Remix or Astro through the shadcn CLI as a single file you own.
When to use Morph Dialog
- Product and gallery details.
- Team member bios.
- Article previews.
- Pricing plan details.
How it works
Shared layoutIds connect elements in the card and dialog so Motion animates between them. The dialog traps focus and returns it to the card on close.
It traps and returns focus correctly, closes on Escape, and is announced to screen readers with the right dialog or menu role. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.
Customizing Morph Dialog
Every prop is documented in the API reference above with its type and default. The ones you will reach for first are listed here.
The Customize panel next to the preview lets you change title, subtitle live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.
- title (string).
- subtitle (string).
- media (ReactNode): Shared artwork.
Goes well with Morph Dialog
These overlays pieces share its tokens and motion language, so they sit together on one page without clashing.
- Command Menu: An animated React command palette with fuzzy search, groups and keyboard control
- Hover Card: An animated React hover card that previews links on hover or focus
- Notification Stack: iOS-style grouped React notifications that fan out and swipe away
- Dynamic Island: A React Dynamic Island: a pill that morphs size and content between states
- Staggered Menu: A full-screen React menu that arrives in coloured layers with staggered links
Install Morph Dialog
npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/morph-dialogMorph Dialog is part of Charcoal UI Pro. One seat unlocks all 300 Pro components, 107 landing-page sections and 100 full templates, for every personal and client project, with updates included. Add the @charcoal registry once with your access token, then the command above copies morph-dialog.tsx into components/ui and installs clsx, tailwind-merge.
You own the file you install: no runtime package, no lock-in, nothing to keep in sync. Change it however your product needs.
See Charcoal UI Pro pricing · Pro setup
Frequently asked questions
- What morphs between the card and the dialog?
- The shell, the artwork and the title share layout ids, so they flow from the card into the dialog and back on close.
- How do I install Morph Dialog?
- Morph Dialog is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/morph-dialog. It copies morph-dialog.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
- Is Morph Dialog free for commercial use?
- Morph Dialog needs a Charcoal UI Pro seat, monthly or a one-time lifetime price. A seat covers unlimited personal and commercial projects, including client work, and every future Pro component.
- Does Morph Dialog work with Next.js?
- Yes. It is a client component for React 19 styled with Tailwind CSS 4, so it works in the Next.js App Router and Pages Router, Vite, Remix and Astro.
- Can an AI coding agent install Morph Dialog?
- Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Morph Dialog's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.